1. Vinegar and Baking Soda
Rockets
Vinegar and Baking Soda

2. Rocket Activity Pre-Quiz
1 - What makes a rocket work? (hint: Newton)
2 - What makes a rocket go Higher? Faster? Farther?
3 - What kind of propellants or fuel could you use?
4 - What propellants does NASA use?
5 - Is more, better?
6 - What makes a rocket go straight?

3. Experimental Design 1-Purpose 2-Hypothesis 3-Procedure 4-Materials
Write the experimental design for:
a) Figuring out the best mixture of vinegar and baking soda. or
b) Figuring out the best angle to aim to get the greatest distance
1-Purpose
2-Hypothesis
3-Procedure
4-Materials

4. Goal
To build a film canister - vinegar and baking soda fueled rocket that goes the farthest .

5. Lab Write Up (32) 1 – Purpose (3) 2 – Hypothesis (3)
3 – Procedure (10)
What did you really do/plan to do
4 – Materials – list (3)
5 – Data (3)
How Far
6 – Conclusion (5)
Was your hypothesis correct? How do you know?
7 – How would you make it better (5)

6. Launch Pad Angle
Angle
Distances
Average Distance

7. Disclaimer
Aloha I put together these power points for use in my science classes. You may use them in your classes. Some images are public domain, some are used under the fair-use provisions of the copyright law, some are mine. Copyright is retained by the owners!
Ted Brattstrom